Toy carousel.



No. 773,560. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.,

' J. V. FULLER.

TOY GAROUSEL.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1903.

no MODEL.

WITNESSES Ira/mm I y M By flimsy/"Q2201 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PatentedNovember 1, 1904.

PATENT QFFIQE.

TOY CAROUSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,560, dated November1, 1904.

Application filed February 9, 1903. Serial No. 142,535. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIUS V. FULLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ToyGarousels, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved toy carousel forthe use and amusement of children; and with this and other objects inView the invention consists in a device of the class specifiedconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view ofmy improvedtoy carousel; Fig. 2, a central vertical section thereof, and Fig. 3 atransverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I provide a base a, to which is rigidlysecured in any desired manner a vertical shaft Z), which is provided ata predetermined distance above the base a with a collar 6 with which areconnected radially-arranged braces c, which are also connected with thebase (0, these connections being made in any desired manner.

At any suitable point above the collar 6 the shaft 5 is provided with anannular shoulder or other support 5 and on said shaft above said annularshoulder or other support 6 is placed a sleeve (Z, to the lower end ofwhich is secured a beveled gear-wheel 6Z2, which is preferably providedwith a hub (Z with which is connected radial arms (ii with the outer endof which is connected an annular support d of any desired form orconstruction. At a predetermined distance above the wheel (Z the sleeve(Z is also provided with a collar 1;, and at the top of said sleeve issecured an umbrella or other suitable shade f of any preferredconstruction, and connected with the collar 0 are brace-rods g and h,the first of which are connected with the umbrella or shade f and thelatter with the radial arms cl or, if preferred, with the annularsupport (Z The parts (Z, 6?, e, f, g, and it are all connected in such amanner as to turn with the sleeve or part CZ, and said parts are allturned by means of the wheel 6Z2, which operates in connection with acorresponding beveled gear- Wheel a, secured to the end of ahorizontally-mounted crank-shaft j, which is preferably passed throughthe shaft b, and is also provided with a supplemental support k,connected with the base a.

The umbrella or shade f may be made in any suitable manner andconstitutes a crown or cover for the entire device and may be made veryornamental, if desired, and in practice toy figures of various kinds andclasses may be placed on the annular support (Z and supplementalsupports in the form of chairs, toy animals, 620., may also be placed onsaid support, and the entire superstructure involving all the partsconnected with the sleeve cl may be turned in either direction by meansof the shaft This device is simple in construction and operation andcomparatively inexpensive, and by means thereof children as well asothers may be entertained and amused.

Although I have shown the shaft 6 as passing into the base a, and thearms d connected with a hub or collar d on the wheel (Z and the braces hrigidly connected with the arms 6?, and said braces h and the braces gcomposed of single parts, 'I do not limit myself to this exactconstruction, as in practice I may make the annular support d the arms(F, the braces g and h, and the top, canopy, or umbrella portion f insuch manner that they may be detached from the sleeve (Z and foldedtogether, and the shaft 1) may also be made detachable from the base a,and all the parts may be formed and connected so that they may bereadily disconnected and packed together for shipment, the essentialfeature of the construction being that the superstructure, including theannular support d the top portion f, and the braces g and it, may beturned with the sleeve (Z by means of the crank-shaft j and thegear-wheels (Z and 2'.

Having fully described my invention, what Too 1 claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A toy carousel comprising a base, a vertical shaft rigidly connectedtherewith, a sleeve mounted on the upper portion of said shaft andextending to the top thereof and provided at its lower end with agear-Wheel, an annular support connected With said sleeve at the lowerend thereof, a canopy or umbrella connected with said sleeve at theupper end thereof, a collar connected With said sleeve midway betweensaid canopy or umbrella and said support, brace-rods connecting thecollar and the canopy or umbrella, other brace-rods con- JULIUS V.FULLER.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY.

